Nominees
Here are the nominees for this years Erin Awards. All these nominees are on the ballot. The candidates for each award are presented in no particular order.
Best Female Player Character (any game that has the player take the role of a female):
Magpie - To Cage a Magpie
Dania - The Gifts of Phallius 2: Key to Eternity
Jessica Jones - Crossworlds Part 0: The Girl Next Door
Melissa - Consequences
Clair Veranda - Shamelessly Slutty: Teacher
Best Male Player Character (any game that has the player take the role of a male):
PC - Malaise
Captain The Gifts of Phallius 2: Key to Eternity
PC - The Camping Trip
Ron - Ron Weasley and the Quest for Hermione
PC - Paradise Hotel
Best Female Non-Player Character (any female character in a game that the player does not take the role of):
Kalia The Gifts of Phallius 2: Key to Eternity
Windsor - To Cage a Magpie
Becky The Camping Trip
Queen Morghana Malaise
Melissa - The Camping Trip
Best Male Non-Player Character (any male character in a game that the player does not take the role of):
Smythe - To Cage a Magpie
Mike The Camping Trip
Morcheck - The Baron's Plot
Mildew Saggins The Gifts of Phallius 2: Key to Eternity
Vince McMahon - WWE - Raw's New GM
Best M/F Sex Scene (any sex scene involving one male and one female participant, but no more than that):
Captain/Kalia - The Gifts of Phallius 2: Key to Eternity
Captain/Dania - The Gifts of Phallius 2: Key to Eternity
PC/Morghana - Malaise
PC/Kim Malaise
PC/Melissa - The Camping Trip
Best Lesbian Sex Scene (any sex scene involving only women. Group scenes are allowed, if strictly lesbian):
Jessica and Susan - Crossworlds Part 0: The Girl Next Door
Dania and Yulia - The Gifts of Phallius 2: Key to Eternity
Dania and Kalia - The Gifts of Phallius 2: Key to Eternity
Magpie and Windsor - To Cage a Magpie
Melissa and Susan - Consequences
Best Orgy (any sex scene involving more than 2 participants):
Malaise PC, Morghana, and Kim
Malaise PC, Morghana, and Fanny
Malaise PC, Morghana, and Ilsa
Camping Trip PC, Mike, Becky, and Melissa
Ron Weasley and the Quest for Hermione Ron, Parvati, and Padma
Best Sex Overall (games that have particularly good sex scenes):
Malaise
The Gifts of Phallius 2: Key to Eternity
The Camping Trip
Paradise Hotel
To Cage A Magpie
Best Writing (games that have particularly good plot, atmosphere and
prose):
Malaise
The Gifts of Phallius 2: Key to Eternity
To Cage a Magpie
Falcon: Mean Streets
Crossworlds Part 0: The Girl Next Door
Best Technical Implementation (awarded to the game that implements the cleanest technical presentation with the fewest bugs difficulty is taken into account, so technically challenging games are to be considered more highly):
Malaise
The Gifts of Phallius 2: Key to Eternity
To Cage a Magpie
The Camping Trip
Crossworlds Part 0: The Girl Next Door
Most Innovative (awarded to the game that most stretched the limits of the platform, and most redefined the way AIF is made - this category is for new and interesting developments in game design):
The Gifts of Phallius 2: Key to Eternity
To Cage a Magpie
Bob's Garage
WWE
The Camping Trip
Best Gameplay/Puzzles (awarded to games that include the most well balanced, interesting and entertaining puzzles and gameplay features):
Malaise
The Gifts of Phallius 2: Key to Eternity
To Cage a Magpie
WWE: Raw's New GM
Falcon: Mean Streets
Best Use of Multimedia (awarded to the game that makes the best use of images/sounds or other multimedia features):
Notice Me
The Village of Love and Lust
Falcon: Mean Streets
WWE - RAW's New GM
The New Superstud
Gifts of Phallius 2: Key to Eternity
The Camping Trip
Best Humour (this award goes to the game that is simply funniest):
To Cage a Magpie
Paradise Hotel
The Gifts of Phallius 2: Key to Eternity
The Gifts of Phallius 1: The Baron's Plot
The Clairvoyant
Best New Author (the best author to have released their first game this year):
Goblinboy
Priapus Rex
Inkybus
Girion Voeros
Deckmaster
Best Short Game (generally these games have a short play time and are built around one sex scene, but the guidelines are not strict; these games are excluded from the Best Game category):
WWE - RAW's New GM
Detention
The Clairvoyant
A Dream Come True
Bob's Garage
Best Game of the Year (awarded to the best game that is not
considered a 'short' game):
Malaise
The Gifts of Phallius 2: Key to Eternity
To Cage a Magpie
Paradise Hotel
The Camping Trip